Method and a multi-lane printer for printing on print media

A method for a printer comprising a transport device comprising an endless transport belt supported on a pair of support rollers, a medium support plane is defined between the support rollers, and a print station is provided over the medium support plane, the method comprising:

• determining a plurality of different positions in a plurality of parallel lanes of the belt for individual print media, the plurality of positions spread in a direction perpendicular to a scanning direction of the print station;
• transporting in parallel but not necessarily simultaneously a plurality of individual print media perpendicular to the scanning direction of the print station in the plurality of parallel lanes towards the medium support plane;
• and
• based on the determined plurality of different positions, independently activating a signaling object in each lane when a leading edge of a fed individual print medium reaches each of the different positions in the lane,
• wherein each determined position in a lane has a different distance to a start position for a start of an automatic transport of the print medium to the medium support plane for ejecting marking material on the print medium by the print station, and each determined position in the lane corresponds to a different signal given by the signaling object in the lane when activated.